Chances are, you’re using cobalt as you read this. That element is central to the creation of lithium ion batteries which power most of our mobile tech. The Democratic Republic of #Congo is the primary supplier of cobalt and the labor practices behind is extraction mirror the worst shameful colonial practices #NPR’s Throughline tells the story masterfully in an important reminder of rapacious capitalism and brutal geopolitics A must listen #podcast for the week https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5945758:nx-s1-mx-5945758-1